Louis Armstrong

For many Connecticut theatergoers, the best show around during a presidential election is not on local stages -- which may account for some disappointing box office figures when expectations were higher for some shows. "Whenever there's a national presidential race people's minds get pre-occupied with that," says David Fay, CEO of the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford who says he tries not to program shows too close to major elections. Though he says Connecticut is not a focus of presidential campaigning, the state has a high-profile senate race between Linda McMahon and Chris Mruphy. Also hampering efforts to excite people about shows, he says, is the...

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